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>> shepard: churning up the coast. moving along slowly. over land right now in north carolina. the worst of it for nags head and the rest is still ahead. but up the coast there is an area thats getting ready for a storm thats not used to getting ready for one. thats along the beaches in new york state. particularly our correspondents in west hampton beach. it has this little strip of land that a tiny little strip thats bay on one side and beach on the other. down in west hampton dunes shut down ...

Moments ago. standard & poors following up with the downgrade of our debt with a downgrade of our mortgage giants fanny mae and freddie mac, not necessarily unexpected but another dynamic to this story. sandra smith is live on wall street with more. sandra tell us a little bit about the market reaction thus far to this news. >> reporter: jenna, jon its not good. the markets are royaling right now in light of the credit rating being stripped. they had a chance to adjust to it over the weekend. no...

The fear about this economy, the biggest obstacle facing president obama right now. i surely think it is. writing about the headwinds facing the president in politico today. and "new york" magazine, a big cover about the republican fight. john heilemann first. the perfect storm. europe in turmoil, countries on the periphery of hell waiting to drop out, inability to pay their debt. the united states going day-to-day basically in a clinch, a non-decisive clinch, was the smartest guy on the block m...

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Isnt there a way to find a deal that slows growth of medicare, does tax increases that are sensible and doesnt force us to wait like the republicans want us to, to the 2030s to balance the budget. >> we dont like it hear the word raising taxes. we are already borrowing and spending too much money. 25 cents of aefr dollar of in country is spent by the government. we are spending too much money. the ryan plan takes us so spending drops down below 20%. at the same time i think you should at least g...

Like the unions and frankly the democrats are prevailing in most of these states. its a fascinating situation, though, first off, the governors are bleeding in their poll numbers, going down in each of these states, in wisconsin, michigan, in ohio, dramatic drops. at the same time, youre seeing a real movement especially among white working-class families with some union ties over to the democrats. these are really the folks you used to refer to as reagan democrats, or more conservative folks, a...

Public shelters. japan ordered people to move at least 20 kilometers away from the plant. but the united states is advising foam stay at least 80 kilometers, 50 miles away. the death toll from fridays massive earthquake and tsunami surpassed 3,500. 9,300 others are missing. engineers have begun attempting electricity to the fukushima plant to get the stalled water pumps running. the earthquake and tsunami cut power to those pumps and that what triggered the crisis. my senior correspondent joins ...